Jackson Jambalaya

This is 16th Section land for JPS. It is unleased. Recently I approached JPS about doing a lease in the same area for an out of state client and the JPS person responsible for JPS lease was uncooperative. This resulted in a no lease for JPS and no new business in an area that desperately needs help.

I thought the mayor was cleaning up the city.

Can't see this from the mayor's house.

In Jackson that is a 5-star hotel.

@9:15
If you thought JPS was competent enough to even understand what you were talking about then you’re sadly mistaken. Or it could’ve been your the wrong skin color. That school district is beyond awful. Not just awful but discrimination runs rampant. Remember when Barksdale (a Jackson guy) offered 100k for them to hire a competent superintendent and they turned it down. You just can’t make this up. Then spent money on a gun control speech from Jessie Jackson!

Who's Ward is this?

Anyone would also be sadly mistaken who thinks the focus of JPS is on students; they are a secondary consideration once JPS is staffed with as many administrators/teachers as possible at the highest salaries as possible.

@9:33 Come what may....there's no talking sense to this ilk. Let the city burn.....I'm all the way out. If I ever move back to Mississippi it'll be the gulf coast solely for the golf.

That literally looks like a 3rd world country. Sad state of affairs in Jackson.

That's an oasis for the area.

If 16th section land is not leased out, the school district misses out on that cash money, right?

My deer camp gets held up every time our 16th section hunting lease comes up for renewal. I guess JPS doesn't need the money.

@9:33
Not only did they turn down Barksdale and his money they proceeded to hire a hugely corrupt man Cedrick Gray that was later found out to be paying a personal assistant more money than you could imagine for extra curricular activity. Remember this guy wore the bow tie! Pee wee Herman must’ve made an impression on him

What would an unsuspecting traveler think if they exited the interstate and drove down Gallatin St? McDowell Rd, Terry Rd? Hwy 80 West? I can only speculate how they would tell everyone back in their state of their experience.

Issue for the country. It's everywhere and embarrassing for the USA.

Horhn will tell you it is Henifin's fault. When it doubt, blame Ted.

They have cleaned it up ! Cool. If you go the other direction a 1/4 on the left under the I20 bridge you will see how it's really done right.

True. I think a lot of Jackson haters think this only occurs in Jackson... It is rampant in every city in America now. Especially all southern cities. Can't be escaped.

@10:17am It would not be good, but certainly you understand this kind of ghetto is in every other state too right? There are bad areas in every state. Don't trash MS just for the fun of it. You certainly wouldn't want to take the wrong exit in half the cities in Louisiana, some in Alabama and Arkansas too.

@9:56am, Ocean Springs and Bay St. Louis are some of the best towns in the south in my opinion. Grand Bear is a favorite. The islands are awesome with a boat. Food is top notch. Love the coast!

I like that 😊

Turn metro center into a prison for federal inmates

They should build some low income housing there or trailer park

Frank melton tried to clean up Jackson and look what happen to him

If I was Ted I would quit. The city and the judge are working against him. No one wants to work with him I would leave

Same type campground with tents next to the former Virginia College building just off Adkins Blvd in NE Jackson. Jackson's Rising!

9:56 you don’t think is nice? I don’t understand why

I could care less about cities like Jackson that make poor decisions that ruins the city they made there bed now lay in it. They have no one to blame but themselves

It’s not everywhere not all American cities are poorly run like Jackson Jackson for DECADES has been poorly run

Welllll, when the average citizen of jackson doesn't care, whats the problem? If this was an HOA, it would meet "Community Esthetics" and Karen the HOA president would be happy, happy!

This won't be happening once John Horn is sworn into office in January.

Just spent 4 days in south Florida. I can say, it was hard to come back to MS. We are thinking about moving to Florida, there were so many outdoor things to do in endless summer. Just a happier place to be.

Some here rationalize Jackson's ghetto culture by saying it's worse somewhere else?

It's a homeless encampment. The homeless services, shelters, soup kitchens, etc. are all down Gallatin Street from the train station going south. If you want to clean it up stop outside law enforcement from sending them to Jackson and move those services to Madison or maybe Pearl and that will help. They will certainly do a better job right? right.

No problem, the new mayoral administration will be centering equity in all decisions.

Speaking of JPS, 9:46, you DO realize your question translates to "Who is ward is this," right?

9:51 Exactly right!

3:04, you're So right! All you have to do is spend a little time away from this State, and you immediately begin to wonder why in the HELL you live here! That thought is even more likely when you live in close proximity to the hell hole that is Jackson!

11:44 and 11:45 It's thinking like yours that keeps things the way they are! Yes, these types of conditions are common in many different cities, but the criticism stems from the fact that it's unacceptable everywhere! Your comments are the equivalent of Suicidal Empathy